Eden, a 28-year-old freelance writer, stumbles upon a mysterious bookstore called "Female Book" in Huaishu Lane. The owner, Mian, takes in every book that has been scrawled, burned, or hidden, as well as every woman who writes her heartfelt thoughts on the margins of the pages.
Here Eden met the girl whose mother burned "Jane Eyre", the housewife Aunt Zhu who dug out her bankbook from the vegetable money, and the only female chief physician of thoracic surgery, Sister Ma... She began to record the stories of these women.
However, the bookstore is facing the dual crisis of demolition and cultural seizure. In the process of searching for a way out, Mian's secret is gradually revealed - her mother Shen Rusang was forced to give up literacy throughout her life, but her embroidery was filled with Nüshu characters that were crossed out with red lines.
When women from all over the world begin to meet at the edge of the page, the words they write will eventually turn into the power to break the cocoon.
Intent: Through a mysterious bookstore, a group of women from different eras and regions are connected together to explore the process of knowledge being deprived and regained. It tells how women confirm themselves through writing in difficult situations, and the silent inheritance between women across time and space.